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Definitions from WordNet

Verb beseech has 1 sense
  1. bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure - ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons"
    --1 is one way to plead
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

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Besought

Definition:

Verb: past tense and past participle of beseech.

Meaning:

1. To ask someone earnestly or anxiously for something.

2. To implore or beg for something; to request with great urgency.

Examples:

As a past tense and past participle of beseech:

  1. She besought her parents to give her permission to go on the trip.
  2. The desperate man besought the crowd for spare change.

In the sense of earnestly asking or begging:

  1. The farmer besought the heavens for rain to save his crops.
  2. He besought the judge for mercy during his trial.

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